Videos
Smarthistory Videos
Vertis Hayes, Juke Joint, 1946, oil on canvas, 71.1 x 91.4 cm (The Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Collection of African American Art, Georgia Museum of Art), a Seeing America video Speakers: Dr. Shawnya Harris, the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art at the Georgia Museum of Art and Dr. Steven Zucker
Vertis Hayes, The Lynchers, 1930s, oil on canvas, 19-1/2 x 15-1/4 inches (Georgia Museum of Art, Athens) Speakers: Dr. Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art at the Georgia Museum of Art and Dr. Beth Harris
Charles Sebree, The Mystic, c. 1940s, tempera and oil on board, 10 x 12 inches (Georgia Museum of Art)
A conversation between Dr. Jeffrey Richmond-Moll (Curator of American Art, Georgia Museum of Art), Dr. Shawnya L. Harris (Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art, Georgia Museum of Art), and Dr. Beth Harris
Richard Mayhew, Indigenous Spiritual Space (Ser. No. 7), 1993–94, oil on canvas, 84.5 × 94.6 cm (Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, © Richard Mayhew)
Stefanie Jackson, Bluest Eye, 1999, oil on canvas, 48 x 60 inches (Georgia Museum of Art), a Seeing America video
Speakers: Dr. Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diaspora Art, and Dr. Steven Zucker
Thelma Johnson Streat, Girl with Bird, 1950, oil and collage on paper, 51.4 x 36.8 cm (Georgia Museum of Art, Athens), a Seeing America video
Speakers: Dr. Shawnya L. Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art at the Georgia Museum of Art and Dr. Beth Harris
Norman Lewis, Untitled, 1945, oil on canvas with collage, 33-1/2 x 11-1/2 inches (Georgia Museum of Art, © Estate of Norman Lewis)
Speakers: Dr. Shawnya L. Harris (Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art, Georgia Museum of Art and Dr. Steven Zucker
Beauford Delaney, Marian Anderson, 1965, oil on canvas, 160.02 x 130.81 cm (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond).
A conversation with Dr. Shawnya Harris, the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art at the Georgia Museum of Art, and Dr. Steven Zucker
Lectures
Collectors Larry and Brenda Thompson and Curlee Raven Holton, executive director of the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, in a discussion with Shawnya Harris, the museum’s Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art, on varied aspects of collecting African American art. In particular, they discuss the importance of partnerships between academic institutions and private collectors in nurturing and fostering an awareness of African American artists.
Artist Richard Hunt in a public conversation about his work with Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Richard Hunt: Synthesis,” on view October 20, 2018 – February 3, 2019.
February 4, 2021
Curator Shawnya Harris, Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art, led a Zoom conversation with scholars, artists and curators in conjunction with the exhibition “Emma Amos: Color Odyssey.” Participants are: Laurel Garber, Park Family Assistant Curator of Prints and Drawings at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Diane Edison, professor of drawing and painting, Lamar Dodd School of Art, UGA; and Phoebe Wolfskill, associate professor, departments of American studies and African American and African Diaspora studies, Indiana University. This event is presented in partnership with the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts as part of the 2021 Global Georgia Initiative public events series.
Kramer Lecture 2019, Knoxville ,TN